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Front-Page Femmes

United Airlines launches HerArtHere, a new contest for female artists to design the exterior of a Boeing 757 airplane. Two winners will be selected and mentored by artist Shantell Martin.

The multimedia works of Oakland-based artist Adia Millett are on view at the California African American Museum in Adia Millett: Breaking Patterns. Millet explores themes of identity, personal memory, and collective history—specifically that of African American women—in collage, assemblage, photography, textiles, and painting. Millett’s process of repurposing materials adds “layers of meaning to her work’s distorted spaces and skewed perspectives.” On view through August 25, 2019.

At the Plains Art Museum in North Dakota, Waasamoo-Beshizi (Power-Lines) features the work of 25 contemporary Native American women artists, recognizing them as “central contributors, shapers, and culture bearers within Native communities…and the narrative of contemporary art.” The exhibition’s title alludes to the shapes of power lines and transmission towers, which resemble dresses. Many of the participating artists “engage with weaving, clothing, and textile traditions while reflecting on culture and identity,” a process that embodies celebration, honor, and remembrance. On view through July 31, 2019.

—Alicia Gregory is the assistant editor at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.